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Remember the goal of life. It is not for gain, but for giving. By giving, we purify the ego and ultimately transcend the illusion of fear and the illusion of separateness and we realize our Oneness with One and All.

Giving, Giving, Giving.

Totally let go of concern about personal gain, and, “What’s in it for me?” Instead, only think of, “How can I serve? What can I give?” Giving, giving, giving.

Let your life always be about giving, every moment focus on it. Forget about gaining anything for yourself. Trust that in your alignment with serving and giving every moment, you’ll be provided for by that which you’re serving and giving to. Ultimately, you are not serving and giving to anyone personally, but you are serving and giving to the All, so the All will take care of you. Trust completely – and through direct experience, by totally alignment with a spirit of service, giving, and generosity – very soon you will know beyond a doubt that you are taken care of.

As the saying goes, “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and all else shall be added unto you.” What do you think is the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness? The Kingdom of God is freedom from all fear, and all fear arises from the illusion of separateness, thinking that we have to focus on gaining for ourselves to survive and keep on living. In the Kingdom of God, we are free from all fear and sense of separateness; we are One and Eternally Safe and Supported. And what happens when we know we are Eternally Safe? His Righteousness! What is His Righteousness? Giving, giving, giving. Serving, loving, giving.

When we really we are safe and supported no matter what, then we give up the silliness of focusing on personally gaining and acquiring things for ourselves; we realize the great joy and freedom of living only to serve the entire creation and all humanity. We transcend all petty-mindedness and connect with our True Nature which is in everyone and everything. There is nothing to fear. There is simply joy waiting forever, waiting for us to realize it when we surrender our ego and our fear and open to the grace and glory of God – which is the freedom from worry over any ‘person,’ and instead living for the sake of living, because living is inherently joyful. Only when the ego stirs up all kinds of stories and dwells on the past and worries about the future do we lose touch with the inherent Joy always present.

Joy is ever present, available to us always. It is what we are. We don’t have to do anything for joy. We simply have to be aware to not get caught in any illusions that would disturb our awareness of the Joy. One of the grand mistakes and illusions that catch so many people is thinking that happiness is outside of ourselves. We project happiness and value onto things, people, experiences, etc. We think happiness is something to be gained in the world, when really it is always within us. It is our True Nature. Nothing outside can bring us happiness.

As Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj says, “Happiness dependent upon anything is utter misery.” At the very least, it is rude for us to attribute the source of our joy and happiness to another person or anything outside of ourselves. Imagine projecting all your happiness onto a relationship with another person….how stressful that would become! We think, “Only if I’m in a relationship with this person in this way can I be happy…otherwise I’ll be miserable.” Truly, we’re already making ourselves miserable if we’re thinking that way.

It is sad to think how we can so easily lose touch with our happiness because things don’t seem to be the way we want them. Such is the nature of the mind that is programmed to keep an animal alive. It is always focusing on gaining and experiencing pleasure. It fears for its own life. Poor little ego mind! With higher awareness, we can melt the ego with compassion, and let it know truly there is nothing to far. Through direct experience, we can educate the ego and awaken it to the great joy in giving, the joy that is always present and reveals itself whenever we let go of focusing on our own wellbeing and instead, focus on others. As Gandhi says, “Joy in life comes from living for the welfare of all.”

Realize that the goal of life is something like spiritual growth, which means aligning more and more with Truth and the Power of Love. The goal, ultimately, is to become increasingly more loving, to the point where our love becomes unconditional.

In times of challenge and adversity, that is when our ability to love is tested most. Can we love someone who is being mean, even hateful? Yes! It is possible. “Hatred does not cease by hatred; hatred ceases only by Love,” says the Buddha. Jesus says, “Love your enemies.” It is perhaps the greatest challenge to love those who seem to wrong us or do ill to us, and the greatest challenge to love in those circumstances is also the greatest gift, because in those moments we have the opportunity to truly be channels for Divine Love, Infinite Love. In those moments of greatest challenge, we can embody the Pure, Unconditional, Love of God. Of course, we can embody that Love all the time, but in those moments it becomes particularly clear whether we are divinely loving or not.

How can we be unconditionally, divinely loving in the time when it seems like all our buttons are being pushed at once, when it feels like we’re being hated and wronged in every way?

One of my favorite ideas around love is the idea of agape. I understand agape to mean a love for another not based on what they have or what they do or who they are, but a love for the infinite potential and divine essence of the other. Whether or not that other is currently being a totally open channel for the Holy Spirit and God’s Love and Will is not our issue to discern or not – we simply acknowledge that everything has that capacity, and we love for love everything for that capacity. The Divinity of all shines forth. Even if another seems hateful, we Love because we know they have the capacity to be a perfect channel for Divine Love, because they are Divinely created, and even we love them because by being hateful, they are giving us all the greater opportunity to practice unconditionally, universally, divinely loving. It is easy to love virtuous and happy people, and we know we’re making progress when we find ourselves experiencing immense love and compassion even for those who seem wicked and hateful. We can have divine compassion for them and for all humans dealing with the human condition. It is not easy!

Ultimately, we can realize that everyone is our teacher, and they are teaching us love. We can see that those who have caused us the greatest challenges in our lives are truly the greatest gifts from God. They give us that crystal clear opportunity to practice unconditional love, or to become all the more brutally aware of our blocks to love. Are we really going to withhold our love from someone because they are screaming or yelling or cursing? Because they call us names or steal from others or hurt others? Have we not done the same? As Jesus said to those who were ready to stone the prostitute, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” We have all trespassed against the natural law of Love, have we not? So we can have compassion for ourselves and for all – and we can see that none of the sin is really personal – it is just a result of the human condition. We love and have compassion for all embarked on the journey of life with the human condition – and we can choose to love no matter what, connected with the divine essence present with them always.

We love our enemies because they are our greatest teachers and provide the greatest opportunity to practice unconditional love. Our love does not have to be dependent on anything. Even to those that hate us, we can seek to give them something, to be generous toward them, and to love them. That is true freedom, peace, and joy.

We can always give thanks for the grand opportunity we have to love, to give, to serve.

Whatever is the Truth, know it by your direct experience. Don’t take anyone’s word for it.

Furthermore, if the Truth means pain and suffering and misery, what’s the point?

So if pain and suffering and misery happens to be the Truth, I might suggest….by all means…defy it!

If Truth doesn’t mean absolute Peace, Happiness, and Freedom, why would we align with it?

So, to pursue the Truth, it might be helpful to operate with the assumption that the Truth is generally positive, even supremely positive. If you were the Creator of the Universe, what Truth would you create with? If you have the power to create everything, by what laws would you allow creation to operate with?

Pretend there is no absolute Truth. Instead, you can pretend you determine the Truth. What would be the Supreme Truth, according to you? What would the Supreme Truth be that would really, absolutely and positively serve you best?

Trust that whatever is best for you is actually already the case. Trust that the Truth of Reality is just that. Everything that happens is the very best for you. Test this out with your own direct experience rather than just taking it as mere fact. How? Whenever something occurs to you that seems anything less than the very best, question it intensely. I’m confident that if you dig deeply enough into any event, you can come to se how the event could very well be the absolute best thing for you. Even stubbing a toe, you can see the benefit in it, and you can see how it served you. Everything serves you! Look for it. Trust in it. Confirm it via your direct experience.

With a certain level of honesty, you can come to agree that it’s best that not everything you wish for comes true. If everything you thought of instantly manifested in the physical plane, that really wouldn’t serve you.

You’ll find that the way thinking and manifesting and action manifest is actually already perfect. It is fantastic that our thoughts don’t instantly manifest on the physical plane. We’d all be in great trouble!

Look for the perfection underlying Creation as it is. Trust that Creation exists perfectly and serves you perfectly. It is good it doesn’t give you everything you ask for instantly. That would be no fun! See how Creation is optimally fun and optimally conducive for your growth, learning, and spiritual evolution.

“You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free.” Jesus

If Truth binds us, why would we want anything to do with it? Rather, put absolute freedom, freedom from all fear and worry and anxiety, as the metric for truth. If it instills fear or worry or anxiety, trust that it is not in alignment with Truth. Prioritize the Truth – Freedom – and watch how the fear, worry, and anxiety dissolve. There is nothing to fear in the Light of Truth.